I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 115 I want to give Huo Guang the title of king (recommendation ticket requested)

On June [-]th, in Weiyang Palace, Liu He, as the new emperor, convened the first court meeting.

There are two places arranged for the first place in the front hall of Weiyang Palace.

This arrangement has not been seen for decades.

In other words, such a situation is very rare.

As the emperor, Liu He sat on the right, while the more honorable left was reserved for the Empress Dowager Shangguan—it was just that she was absent at this time due to illness.

Liu He knew about all these arrangements a long time ago, so he accepted it very frankly.

Huo Guang's arrangement was nothing more than to let Liu He know and let all the officials know that there was an empress dowager above the emperor.

In Dahan, it is easy to be a queen, but difficult to be a queen mother.

Without a few brushes, he would have died in this harem long ago.

To be able to become a queen mother, either one's own skills are great, or the family of relatives is great.

Empress Lu, who invented the human pig, had both.

Today's Shangguan Empress Dowager belongs to the latter.

"Hundreds of officials go to court!" The visitor at the door shouted loudly in a high-pitched voice.

These words were passed down one by one by the audience outside the hall.

Not long after, the officials lined up in two rows and walked in slowly from outside the hall.

Liu He couldn't help sitting up straight.

The left column is the military generals, naturally headed by General Huo Guang.

On the right is a column of civil servants, led by Prime Minister Yang Chang.

The ones with higher ranks are in the front, and the ones with lower ranks are in the back.

Sometimes it's easy to tell how important a person is.

The closer you are to power, the more important nature is.

Hundreds of officials and ministers filed in, bustling with each other.

Liu He carefully identified the officials who walked in one by one, feeling a little headache.

Everyone wore the same robes, except for the different crowns worn by civil servants and military officials, and the different colors of the ribbons of officials of different ranks, the difference was not bad, and it was difficult to tell them apart.

Among these dozens of officials, some have met Liu He face to face, but some have never dealt with him.

Because before ascending the throne, Liu He was just the crown prince, and he only needed to appear at the right time. As for how the court operated and what major events happened, Liu He didn't know anything about it.

It is in response to the sentence "All major events in the world are decided by Huo Guang".

And even central figures like Huo Guang and Yang Chang had never met Liu He alone.

I don't know if it was done on purpose or by regulation.

In short, for the past month, Liu He has been very lonely.

Not only did he not see the subordinate officials of Changyi Kingdom, but also the important ministers in the court.

Today, it finally became lively.

However, the solitude during this period was not useless, it gave Liu He enough time to prepare for the court meeting.

The officials saluted the emperor, and the emperor returned the salute.

After that, the court meeting began.

Although he had made some preparations, Liu He didn't know how to start, so he could only wait silently.

And all the officials couldn't speak, but looked at Huo Guang in unison.

Liu He saw through this keenly, and simply looked at Huo Guang like a hundred officials.

Huo Guang naturally felt the attention, his face was calm, but his heart was inevitably a little proud.

The new emperor is good, the old feeling is back.

After some silence, Huo Guang stood up and saluted Liu He.

"Great Sima, quickly excuse me." Liu He put on a frightened expression, and he even stood up slightly, intending to help Huo Guang who was bowing down.

His appearance was indeed unattractive, and he was even a little embarrassed. There seemed to be a hint of laughter coming from a corner of the hall.

"Your Majesty, sit down, old minister Huo Guang has something to play." Huo Guang said slowly.

The old sparrow in Dongting Lake can't sit still at last.

Liu He was overwhelmed by the performance, and slowly sat back on the couch.

After entering the palace alone for more than a month, this was the first time Huo Guang spoke to Liu He face to face.

Liu He finally had the opportunity to observe his assistant minister up close.

To my surprise, although Huo Guang was tall and burly, he was not as domineering and flamboyant as he had imagined.

A beautiful beard did not make him look fierce, but added a touch of elegance.

Of course, using Confucianism to describe Huo Guang is a kind of irony to him.

He is not persistent in reading, and he was able to gain the trust of Emperor Xiaowu not because he was good at reading classics, but because he was good at government affairs because he was cautious.

In the words of later generations, he is a pragmatic man of action, which is different from a scribe.

Although not domineering, Liu He still felt that the other party was aggressive.

This kind of aura has nothing to do with appearance and figure, but the unique arrogance of those who have been in power all year round.

Liu He looked at Huo Guang and probably could guess what he was going to say.

"Great Sima is free of courtesy, you are the brawn of the imperial court, you should speak directly if you have something to say, there is no need to have so many false courtesy."

"When Emperor Xiaowu was on his way, he ordered the old officials to assist Emperor Xiaozhao. The old officials were incompetent and failed to share the worries of Emperor Xiaozhao, so that he collapsed early."

"The old minister was originally dull, and he ranked among the three princes. He was in fear day and night. Now he is fifty-four, and he may not be able to go to the court to assist the government if he has the remaining strength in his life."

Huo Guangzhong angrily described himself as an old man who was about to die, but in Liu He's view, he had no sincerity.

Of course, Liu He couldn't expose all of this, and could only watch the other party's performance quietly.

"I implore Your Majesty to grant you grace and allow the old minister to resign from his old age and become an official."

Huo Guang's words caused some fluctuations in the deserted hall.

Especially Huo Dang, the Prime Minister Yang Chang, and the imperial censor Cai Yi, all showed a look of astonishment on their faces.

Everyone understood that Huo Guang was testing the emperor.

But they didn't expect that Huo Guang would raise this point in public at the Great Court Conference in Outer Court.

If the new emperor, who has no words or deeds, does not understand the deep meaning, and really agrees to the general's request, then what should he do.

Fortunately, Liu He was neither stupid nor crazy, of course he knew that this was Huo Guang's temptation to him.

Be crazy when you should be crazy, and be serious when you should be serious.

This is what an actor should have.

"There is a saying in the ancients that when a doctor becomes an official at seventy, and Da Sima is in his prime, why, why did he leave the court? Is it because the widow did not do well enough to make Da Sima displeased? Is it the matter of Changyi Lang? If Da Sima doesn't want me to be in charge of the army, I will dismiss Chang Yilang now and never mention this matter again!"

Liu He's words also stunned all the officials, the emperor's words were a bit too explicit.

The emperor confessed to the general for the sake of three hundred Langwei.

Doesn't this make it obvious that the general is domineering?

Huo Dang's face was a little uncomfortable, and Liu De, the leader of the clan, was even more pale - he was really an unbelievable emperor.

"Your Majesty is worrying too much. The old minister just wants to retire and has nothing to do with other things."

"The widow won't allow it. The general is only four out of fifty, and Jiang Shang pays his respects at eighty places. Compared with that, the general is in his prime, how can he abandon the widow?"

"The great general has merit to Emperor Xiaowu, to Emperor Xiaozhao, and even more to the widow."

"The widow will reward the general now!"

When Liu He said this, he suddenly stood up from the couch, waved his hand, and said something that amazed all the officials.

"Da Sima is now the Marquis of Bolu. I don't think it's enough. I want to make Da Sima the King of Bolu!"

As soon as Liu He said this, everyone in the court was shocked.

Yang Chang, Cai Yi and others were so startled that they couldn't close their mouths, they opened their mouths wide enough to fit an egg.

Liu De's complexion was ashen, and the masseter muscles on his cheeks were tense, which made people worry about the safety of his teeth.

Huo Guang couldn't help but look sideways, looking at Liu He who stood up with a little surprise.

Liu He laughed secretly, this is what he wanted.

　In the last chapter, some readers reacted a bit watery.

　　I reflect, I repent, I confess.

　　But I still have to write, because the military section will be opened up a bit, so I have to explain it in advance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)